Gearing for washing machines



July 24, 192s. 1,67s;o1s

G. MORE E-r AL 4 A GEARING FOR WASHING MACHINES July 24, 1928.

Filed Feb. 3, 1926 4 sheets-snm 2 July 24, 192s. 1,678.0'18

G. MORE ET AL GEAING FQR WASHING MACHINES Filed Feb. 5, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 July 24, 192s. v1,618,018 G. MORE ET AL GEARING EUR WASHING MACHINE Filed Fb. 5, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 inumana July 24,1528. l ,n 1,678,018 UNI/TED STATES PATENT` OFFICE.

GLENN MORE AND GUNNABD OBERG,OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE BLACKSTONE'MFG. CO., OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

GEABING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

Application led February'S, 1926. Serial No. 85,760.

This invention relates to mechanism for tub rests. Inside of this tubular frame memoperating washing -machines and consists ber 4 is a tubular sleeve 5 and within the in Ithe devices and combinations of devices sleeve is an operating shaft C. The tubuherein illustrated, described and claimed. lar sleeve 5 is provided between its ends with 5 In the accompanying drawings: v an annular flange 6, the lower surface of 60 Fi e 1.`s a plan view of the device em- Which forms a shoulder bearing for a suitbodying our invention, detached fromv the able washer 7 which rests upon the' bottom machine. B of the tub, whereby the tub B is fas- Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same. tened firmly to the top of the frame 4.

lo `Figure f5 is a central, longitudinal section The lower vend of the sleeve 5 has suit- 65 of the device, the section being in the verable `connection, in this instance screw tical plane indicated by the dotted line 3-3 threads 8, with the lower portion of the of Figure 1. -f frame member 4; and the upper part of the Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the desleeve 5 is provided with a'suitable interior l-'i vice, the bottom of the housing being reannular bearing 9 for the shaft C, which 70 moved. shaft C projects upwardly beyond the upper Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, end of t e sleeve 5, and carries upon its upshowing the parts in a different position 1n per end a member 10 of such exterior conthe cycle of operation. tour as to be complemental to the recess on Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the inside of the oscillator, agitator, or other 75 a portion of the device shown in Figure 3, element 11 actuated from the shaft C. the section being taken in the plane 0f the The lower end of the shaft C is provided dotted line 66 on Figure 3. with a spur gear wheel 12, the hub 13 of Figure 7 is a view of a'portion of the dewhich bears against the lower face of the vice shown in Figure 6, the section being in l frame member 4, and the sleeve member ,5. 80 the vertical plane of the dotted line 7 of The wheel 12 is actuated alternately in oppo- Figure 1. A ,site directions by means of a reciprocating Figure. 8 is a perspective view, detached, rack bar 14, which latter is actuated from of one of the partsillustrated in Figures a crank arm 15 by means of a connecting 4 and 5; link 16 pivotally secured to the crank arm at 85 Figure 9 is a perspective view of the oper- 17. Said crank arm is positioned on the ating rack bar, showing a detail thereof. -lower end of a verticall disposed shaft 18,

Flgure 10 is a plan view of a detail. which carries a worm w eel 19 in mesh with Y It will be understood by those skilled in and actuated by a worm 20 on a horizontal the art how this mechanism is adapted to shaft 21. The shaft 21 projects outwardly 90 operate the operati'n element or oscillator throu h the housing A and is'provided with within a washing maiine tub, without illuS- suitabde means for operative connection with t-rating the tub proper, but merely showing a motor; the means here illustrated being the relative positions of the parts by reproa pulley 22.'

40 ducing the bottom 0f the-tub. The operating Having reference more particularly to 95 v mechanism is beneath the tub bottom and the Figures 4 and 5, it will be seen that the top operating shaft extends upwardly through 1 0f the housing is provided with an inwardthe tub botto to receive t e tool 01' OSClllaly projecting stud 23 upon which is pivotaltor. 1y mounted a swinging arm 24. This arm 24 '45 The wringer operating shaft likewise exis Lprovided with an elongated, arcuateslot, 100

tends upwardly to the wringer, but on the icated at 25, the walls of which are outside of the tub. adapted to be engaged by an end 26 of the By reference Iirst to Figures 1 and 2, it crank arm 27 on the lower end of a vertiwill be noticed that the mechanism of the incally disposed, rotatable shaft 28. The shaft vention is enclosed within a housin A, the 428 projects upwardly through a suitable 105 upper part 1 of which is secured to t e lower bearing 30 on the housmg A and upon its part 2 inv a familiar manner by nuts and upper end, outside'the housing, 1s secured bolts 3, 3. Rising from the top member 1 of a .short lever 31.l When the lever 31 is the housing, is a Itubular frame member 4 on moved, the shaft 28 is rotated 1n the desired the upper ge of which the bottom B of the direction, and in operation, through crank 11o 69 vided with a suitable apertur'ed lug 43 to sitioned that when its rear surface 34 bears against the roller 33, the shoulder of the lug 35 will bear against the inner surface of the flange 36 on the arm 24. Thus, as the arm 24 moves about its pivotal axis at 23, the rack bar 14 will have sliding contact with the flange 36, and a rolling contact with the roller 33 of the arm 24.

Again referring to Figure 4, it will be seen that the rack bar 14 is indicated as being enmesh with the spur gear 12 in one position of the rack, and by referring -to Figure 5, it will be seen that the rack 14 is out of mesh with the gear 12. When the arm 24 is swung by the action of lever 31 from the position shown in Figure 5 to the position shown in Figure 4, it will be understood'that the rack 14 will instantly mesh with the spur gear 12, and vice versa, and, also, that when the rack 14 is swung into the'position shown in Figure 5, its reciprocating motion due to the' action of the crank cam 15, may continue without any danger of it` engaging with the spur gear 12, the rack oscillating [back and forth between the roller 33 and ,flange 36.

Referring now to Figures 1, 2 and 3, it will be seen that the housing A is provided with a tubular, housing member 37 whichv serves as a support for the wringer, not

shown. The shaft 39 is provided on its upper end with suitable means for transmitting its motion to the wringer mechanism,

said means in this instance being a bevel wheel 41. The top portion of the wringershaft housin 37 is enlarged, as shown at 42, to accommo ate the bevel gear 41 or other wringer operating mechanism employed.

i The outside of this enlarged part 42, or the upper portion of the housing 37, will be proform a bearing support for a vertically dis'- posed operating lug 45 on top of the housing. A handle H on rod 44 will be conveniently disposed for rod 44, ythe lower end of; which will be suitably held in an aperturedl the use of the operator to rotatethe rod 44. Upon the lower end of the 'rod 44 is mounted a lever 46, and a link rod 48 connects the two levers 31 and 46, so that by the operator moving thehandle H in a desired direction, he will, through the rod 44, levers 46- and 31, and connected parts above referred to, swing the arm 24 in the desired direction to cause the rack 14 to mesh with or to bey disconnected from the gear 12.

When the wringer mechanism is to be put' into operation by the use of appropriate means for that purpose, not forming a part of this present invention and therefore not illustrated herein, the motor actuating means will be thrown into action and the shaft 18 and its' extension 39 will of course rotate, and the operator will actuate the handle H in the appropriate direction -to cause the arm 24 to swing and disconnect ,the rack 14 from gear 12. Being thus in the position illustrated' in Figure 5, the rack will travel idly, while the shaft 39 is actuating -the wringer mechanism; and the washing element 11 within. the tub will be idle, also, thus permitting the feeding of the garments from the tub to the wringer without danger of injury to the operator. lt will be manifest, however, that where the wringing of garments from a source other than the tub of the washing machine is required` the rack 14 will be caused to mesh with the gear 12 and thus the washing of one batch of clothes and the wringing of a different batchmay be carried on simultaneously.

On the wringer support and shaft housing 37, suitably spaced apart, are the apertured lugs 47 to which the tub is secured, by means of screw bolts 49 passing through the apertured and outwardly bent ends of the tub bands 50, as more clearly seen in Figure 10.

The upper part 1 of the housing A is .shaped at one end to form av chamber or space for the worm 20 and vworm gear 19, which space is covered by a cap plate 51, the bottom of this chamber beingthe horizontal wall 52 of the housing.' In the cap plate 51 is the plugged oil hole 53, and the oil is allowed to flow into the housing chamber below the wall 52 by means of the oil hole 54 therein.

The chambers within the housing A are designed to be filled with a. proper lubricant. In order that the same shall not riseup on the operating shaft C and work through the bearings, and flow outside the sleeve 5 and thus contaminate the wash Water and cause injury to the clothes being washed, we have devised a very satisfactory method of oil circulation, as follows: Y

i The top portion 1 of housing A is provided with a bottom or wall 55 for the frame member 4 and it is this wall into which the sleeve end is secured, as shown at 8 in Figure 6. Thus an elongated, annular chamber 56 is formed within the frame member 4 surrounding the sleeve 5. An elongated slot 57 is cut` through the wall of the sleeve 5 near the upper part of this chamber 56 and a relatively large opening 58 is cut through the wall (see Figs. 6 and'7). Thus any oil rising around the shaft C will pass through the slot 57 into the chamber 56 and iind its way into the housing chamber through the hole opening 58. o insure, further, that oil will not work up around the shaft. C to a height above the slot 57, the interior of the sleeve 5 is gieater in diameter than the diameter of thev shaft C intermediate its lower part and the bearing 9. The long bearing for the shaft C extends from the bottom of the slot 57 to its lower end, as clearly seen in Fig. 6. w

The tool or washing element 11, actuated by the shaft C, is not herein claimed, as the same is niadethe subject matter ofa separate application, and therefore need not be further described other than to state that it is given a rotary oscillation in opposite directions by the mechanism described.

We claim as our invention:

1. A gearing for washingA machines comprising a fixed support, an upright shaft operatively mounted therein, a spur gear on said shaft, an arm pivotally mounted on the support and provided with two spaced apart, projecting members, a rack' bar provided with a flange and adapted to reciprocate between said members, means for actuating the rack bar and manually operated means for actuating the pivoted arm, whereby the rack bar is shiftedinto and out of mesh with said gear, one of the projecting members of the pivoted arm being a fiange with which the flange of the rack bar has sliding contact.

2. A gearing for washing machines, comprising an upright operating shaft, a spur gear on the lower end of said shaft, a reciprocating rack bar, means for actuating said rack bar, a swinging arm operatively associated.with the rack ar, andvmanually operated means v arm whereby the rack'will be thrown into or out of mesh with-said spur gear, said actuatlciprocating rack bar, t

said rack bar, a swinging arm operatively A and manually for actuating the swinging ing means including a manually operated crank slidingly connected to the swinging arm.

3. A gearing for washing machines, comprising an upright operating shaft, a spur gear on the lower end of said shaft, a reciprocating rack bar, means for actuating said rack bar, a swinging arm operatively associated with the rack bar, and manually operated means for actuating the swinging arm whereby the rack will be thrown into or' out of mesh with said spur gear, sai actuatinglmeans including an arcuate slot in the swinging arm, a crank arm engaging the walls of said slot and connections for manually actuating the crank arm.

4. ,A gearingfor washing machines, comprising an upright operating shaft, a spur,

gear on the lower end of said shaft, a 're ciprocating rack bar, means for actuating said rack bar a swinging arm operatively 'associated with the rack bar, and manually operated means for actuating the swinging arm whereby the rack will be thrown into or out of mesh with said spurl gear,` sai swingin arm being provided with a roller and wit a downwardly projecting, curved iange, spaced from the siirface'f-of the roller, and said rack bar having linecontact on one surface with the roller and being provided with a shoulder lug having contact with the said curved flange.

5. 'A gearing for washing machines, coinprising an upright operating shaft, a spur gear on the lower end of said shaft, a re means for actuating associated with the rack bar, operated means for actuating the swinging arm whereby the rack will be thrown into or out of mesh with said spur gear, said manually operated means embracin a pair of levers, a link rod connecting sai levers, a manually operated rod for actuating one lever and operative connections between the other lever and theswinging arm.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing asI ourinvention we affix our signatures this 26th day of January, 1926.

. l GLENN IMORE.

GUNNARD OBERG. 

